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‘The World Knows America Has a Military’

Impressed by the Bastille Day parade during a visit to France last year, President Trump is urging the Pentagon to organize a grand military parade in the United States. But many lawmakers — including Republicans — have quickly raised objections, calling the event unnecessary.

For his part, Trevor Noah just wishes Trump had brought home a different lesson from France. He did his Trump impersonation, but added a Parisian accent.

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“Why couldn’t Trump have gone to France and come back with a bit of their culture instead? Think about it: He could have developed a taste for French cuisine, or come back with a sophisticated opinion about art or life. Just imagine Trump all French-y: ‘I think the only way to survive the emotional massacre that is life, is to treat your heart like Hillary Clinton, and lock it up!’ ” — TREVOR NOAH

“The world knows America has a military. It’s in their countries right now. If you really want a parade, every time there’s a drone strike just fly another drone behind it playing marching music.” — TREVOR NOAH

Stephen Colbert’s commentary was more blunt: He simply called the parade idea “stupid.”

“No one comes up with dumber ideas. At this point, he’s really his own competition: He’s the Usain Bolt of stupid.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“Trump told the Pentagon to plan a military parade. All right, check your cards — who has dictator bingo? I was close, I had ‘rallies’ and ‘attack the free press’; I didn’t have ‘military parade.’ ” — STEPHEN COLBERT

Oliver Discusses Best Part of Trump’s Job

John Oliver, the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” was a guest on “The Late Show.” He offered a bleak prediction about Trump’s marriage based on his fascination with the Bastille Day celebration.

OLIVER: It’s an odd thing: For a man who seems incurious about everything, that really stuck in his head, that French parade. He obviously thought, ‘I want one of those.’

COLBERT: Well, I think the ceremonial aspect of being president is what he thought the entire job was.

OLIVER: I think that’s his favorite part of a job that he has otherwise no interest in.

COLBERT: Right. He thought the president was basically an inflated version of cutting a ribbon at a strip mall.

How Woke Is Too Woke?

Noah led “The Daily Show” with a video clip showing the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, correcting a woman for using the word “mankind.”

“Wow, that’s over-wokeness. I mean, come on, people-man. Just to get this straight: That woman was giving the prime minister credit for being woke. And in the middle of her doing that, he corrected her for not being woke. Which may not have been woke.” — TREVOR NOAH

“I feel like I just watched a cop pull over a black guy, just to tell him black lives matter.” — TREVOR NOAH